Just another case of tyranny of the majority, it is easy to fall back on the claim that since there are few mining classes, they cannot be considered as a priority for the lab in this Instance. A number of other departments have private labs (several in brown itself), but apparently the mining department was snubbed from being able to arrange even a priority use agreement, much less exclusive rights.
I hope that this may be self recognized by the "people in charge" that our ability to use software required for our degrees is paramount, but I remain doubtful given past politics. At the very least I hope they read this and acknowledge the issue, so that future students may have a chance at being treated with the same consideration granted to the rest of the school.
sean
Just another case of tyranny of the majority, it is easy to fall back on the claim that since there are few mining classes, they cannot be considered as a priority for the lab in this Instance. A number of other departments have private labs (several in brown itself), but apparently the mining department was snubbed from being able to arrange even a priority use agreement, much less exclusive rights.
I hope that this may be self recognized by the "people in charge" that our ability to use software required for our degrees is paramount, but I remain doubtful given past politics. At the very least I hope they read this and acknowledge the issue, so that future students may have a chance at being treated with the same consideration granted to the rest of the school.